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2023-11-23 19:14 | |
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As it turns out, Binance does, in fact, have the power to freeze private wallet addresses on BNB Chain — albeit only with the consensus of all its validators.
2023-9-8 18:00 | |
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After overcoming initial setbacks, Shibarium, an Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 (L2) network backed by Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens, has experienced a remarkable surge in metrics. With over 820,000 new wallet addresses and more than 90,000 daily transactions, Shibarium has demonstrated its appeal to users seeking faster, cheaper, and more private off-chain transactions while leveraging the security of the underlying Ethereum blockchain.
2023-9-2 00:30 | |
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Friend.tech surpassed Uniswap and Bitcoin in fees generated but then leaked wallet addresses and Twitter usernames of over 100,000 users.
2023-8-23 20:00 | |
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Friend.tech surpassed Uniswap and Bitcoin in fees generated but then leaked wallet addresses and Twitter usernames of over 100,000 users.
2023-8-22 20:00 | |
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Coinbase Wallet now supports instant messaging across any two Ethereum addresses. The feature will leverage the XMTP protocol and offer encrypted and private wallet-to-wallet communication and crypto payments.
2023-7-13 20:42 | |
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According to crypto reporter Colin Wu, Binance’s popular IEO project, Arkham Intelligence, has been collecting private user data. Per the tweet, Arkham’s blockchain intelligence platform has been leaking a huge number of users’ private email addresses, calling it “personal privacy…
2023-7-11 11:08 | |
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Ethereum addresses' private keys could be vulnerable to being leaked after the Shanghai Upgrade. Though interest among validators in ETH remained high, gas usage declined. The crypto communiThe post Ethereum: FUD rises as approaching Shanghai Upgrade exposes... appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-4-9 10:30 | |
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Other RPC providers, such as Alchemy, Moralis, and QuickNode, have also stated that they collect personal information from users, such as IP addresses. This appears to be an unspoken rule among RPC providers. RPC for or against users? Just a…
2022-11-27 10:51 | |
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Crypto mining pool AntPool has said it will no longer manage Ethereum accounts after the Merge and has asked customers to provide their private ETH addresses. The post AntPool to Stop Maintaining Ethereum (ETH) Client Assets Post-Merge appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-29 15:30 | |
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently proposed stealth addresses as a potential way to obscure non-fungible token (NFT) ownership. The post Vitalik Buterin Suggests Stealth Addresses for Private NFT Ownership appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-9 09:26 | |
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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin suggests the idea of private NFTs whereby the owner would not be known through blockchain data. The post Vitalik proposes private NFTs using ‘stealth addresses’ to hide owner’s identity appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-8-9 21:12 | |
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Only using Bitcoin addresses one time is best practice. By using addresses more than once, users give up information that can result in negative outcomes.
2022-7-2 02:30 | |
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Monero XMR/USD is a secure, private, and untraceable cryptocurrency intended to keep any user’s money confidential. It is an open-source cryptocurrency that was initially launched in 2014, and its blockchain is opaque, which makes transaction details anonymous by disguising the addresses used by the participants.
2022-3-4 18:35 | |
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The report defines criminal whales as private wallets that hold more than $1 million worth of crypto, with more than 10% of their balances coming from illicit addresses.
2022-2-17 09:55 | |
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Turns out that some NFTs might be building collections of their own. Their target? Your private data.
2022-1-28 23:00 | |
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A blog post on crypto exchange Gemini confirmed privacy-enabled Zcash (ZEC) users can now withdraw their tokens to private addresses instead of transparent addresses. Zcash provides users with a blockchain similar to Bitcoin but with added options to hide user data and transactions through the use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs).
2020-9-30 16:54 | |
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Vin Armani, the cofounder of Cointext, has announced the launch of a Javascript library that allows people to send encrypted data to addresses on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. A BCH private key can decrypt the data, and when Armani released the Javascript package, the developer stressed that he felt “a sense of urgency” to […] The post Cointext Cofounder Unveils BFP Encrypt – Send Encrypted Data to Bitcoin Cash Addresses appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-4-5 06:40 | |
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These are the times when the need for blockchain technology will increasingly come to light. One of the central problems that blockchain technology addresses is the problem of trust between participants in the business process.
2020-2-6 14:00 | |
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Unlike traditional ones, cryptocurrency wallets store a lot of relevant information such as the secure private key used to access Bitcoin addresses and carry out transactions, etc., And while there arThe post Bitcoin wallets and safety: Phone wallets are the second-best, says Andreas appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-12-23 00:30 | |
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According to Justin Sun, the CEO of the Tron Foundation, they are ready to beta-test shielded transactions. This would allow the network to process private transactions that hide the sender and receiver’s addresses, transactions input and output and the whole amount transacted between parties.
2019-12-17 20:29 | |
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GRIN may not be as private or secure as we’re led to believe. One user says that he was able to uncover 96% of all sending and receiving addresses in real-time. One major exploit may call into question Grin’s entire promise of a private, anonymous blockchain.
2019-11-19 20:04 | |
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Binance has told its customers to take precautions as BitMEX announces a mass leak of its users email addresses from an internal error. BitMEX Displays Private Data in Mass Email Recently, BitMEX users discovered that they could openly view the email addresses of other users after they received an official email related to an update.
2019-11-1 14:08 | |
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A startup focused on Bitcoin management has launched a service to make passing on Bitcoin as part of inheritance easier. The service, known as the Casa Covenant, addresses one of the biggest issues with using Bitcoin as a long-term store of value.
2019-10-17 23:00 | |
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Twitter today revealed it may have misappropriated its users private info by giving it to advertisers. The information in question? Your email address or phone number — whichever you used for two-factor authentication or security purposes.
2019-10-9 02:15 | |
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Binance recently highlighted that many Litecoin users on their platform came under a dusting attack on August 10th. Litecoin foundation today addressed the issue and released a blog post titled ‘How to Identify and Mitigate a Litecoin Dust Attack.
2019-8-14 15:56 | |
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is coming down on Equifax Inc with the strength of an angry kitten. The credit bureau is reportedly expected to pay around $650 million after they exposed the private information of more than 145 million customers in the summer of 2017.
2019-7-21 04:45 | |
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While users originally needed to use "z" addresses for their zcash transactions to be completely private, Zepio, a desktop wallet released by the Zcash foundation, will allow users to make private transactions more easily, enabling the feature by default.
2019-5-30 22:21 | |
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Experts advise against creating private keys through any means while connected to the internet, as addresses may be compromised or copied.
2019-5-27 14:44 | |
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The first step in using cryptocurrency is creating a wallet, storing the private keys and coming to grips with addresses. That’s quite a tall order, especially if you’re new and unfamiliar with crypto.
2019-5-22 23:00 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Since May 1, 2019, bitcoin’s price has been rising, reaching a top of over $6,000. As the whole cryptocurrency industry was enjoying the rise, an unexpected hack put a stop to the rise of bitcoin.
2019-5-10 18:48 | |
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A security consultancy found that an unknown person or group has been undertaking a sophisticated scheme to steal ether from weakly-protected addresses.
2019-4-23 20:00 | |
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According to an official publication from Gemini, the firm has now introduced Segregated Witness (SegWit) addresses with full support for all its users. The firm which is a private digital currency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins and with headquarters in New York, has delivered this upgrade to improve its services but also make the […]
2019-4-16 01:06 | |
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New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.
2019-4-8 18:21 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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A data breach has occurred within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), resulting in the private data of nearly three million disaster victims being shared with an unnamed contractor. Who’s at Risk? The shared information includes home addresses, social security numbers and banking information for victims of U.
2019-3-24 01:08 | |
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Bitcoin always had significant issues with privacy as its public addresses are relatively easy to track, robbing owners of anonymity and their coins of fungibility. Zcash was one of the first projects to attempt to fix this problem by introducing privacy-related elements into the world of cryptocurrency.
2019-3-16 19:04 | |
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Bitcoin as a digital entity has grown in leap and bounds both in terms of the store of value as well as a medium of exchange. However, along with its popularity, the theft and crime associated with these digital assets are also at an all-time high.
2019-3-13 13:43 | |
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As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends.
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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Most cyberattacks in the crypto space involve hackers finding a way around the security of crypto exchange platforms and gaining access to users’ funds. Last year saw the entry of a new breed of cyber extortionists that seems to be gaining ground, so much so that they were able to steal over $300,000 in bitcoin (BTC) tokens in 2018.
2019-3-1 18:10 | |
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QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him.
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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A group of lawyers from some of Canada’s top law firms convened in a court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, today to secure the right to represent creditors in the ongoing QuadrigaCX litigation.
2019-2-15 01:45 | |
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The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was created by the European Union in 2018 in order to protect EU citizens and their private data. The purpose of the GDPR is to assist in providing regulation for the gathering, analysis, and distribution of sensitive personal details outside the EU boundaries. Zcash recently published a post on […]
2019-2-5 17:56 | |
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A new cryptocurrency has officially entered the market that is drawing the attention of investors right now. Grin, a privacy focused cryptocurrency had its first block mined and gone live on mainnet yesterday.
2019-1-17 20:17 | |
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The battle between tax authorities and cryptocurrency users took a turn in favor of the tax collectors. This month, Denmark’s tax authority won permission to start collecting private user information related to cryptocurrency trading.
2019-1-17 00:36 | |
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Yet another tool is being added to Bitcoin’s growing number of privacy solutions. Thought up at a brainstorming event attended by Bitcoin developers and privacy researchers last summer, Pay to Endpoint (P2EP) is a relatively new trick that utilizes the well-known CoinJoin mixing technique to make blockchain analysis much harder.
2019-1-1 19:31 | |
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Using a Bitcoin codebase, researchers from Coinmetrics.io a cryptocurrency research firm discovered while running an update on Bitcoin private full node, that about 2 million BTCP was inserted into some shielded addresses by BTCP developers during the import of bitcoin to Zclassic(ZCL) a hard fork of Zcash: In verifying these figures, we ran a BTCP […] The post “larger fraud” Bitcoin Private developers manipulated the market with 2 million BTCP, Research Alleges appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-12-25 17:30 | |
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The number of unique addresses on the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network is constantly growing but only 37 percent of them are “economically relevant,” according to a recent study by Chainalysis. The vast majority of them – 86 percent – are controlled by service providers and the rest are used by private investors.
2018-12-21 19:45 | |
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After another data leak, its second such leak in a year, Google today announced it was shutting down its beleaguered social media platform, Google+. API access will shut down even sooner, within the next 90 days.
2018-12-13 04:31 | |
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North Korea-affiliated hackers stole at least $1.34 billion worth of digital assets in 2024.
According to Immunefi, year-to-date losses from crypto hacks, exploits and scams have topped $1.4 billion through November.
In 2024, malware spread through the Python Package Index, text messages, fraudulent macOS programs and even automated email threads.
Cryptocurrency hacks have stolen $1.21 billion in funds so far in 2024, a 15.5% increase from 2023.
Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan, has been spotted in several Bitcoin events, the latest being the Bitcoin Conference 2024.
Australian authorities sentenced a man who had used other people’s identities to open accounts on crypto exchanges.